I appreciate the useful links. Thanks.

-- Rich


On Thu, Oct 24, 2013 at 10:41 AM, Guenter Milde <mi...@users.sf.net> wrote:

> On 2013-10-23, Richard Talley wrote:
>
> ...
>
> > Run the example that comes with LyX. Note in example says, 'The moderncv
> > class offers lots of customization possibilities; some are explained in
> the
> > preamble of this document; for more information look at the documentation
> > of the LaTeX-package moderncv.'
>
> > Yeah, right. The README for moderncv is very short and includes this:
> 'Until
> > a decent manual is written, you can always look in the "examples"
> directory
> > for some examples. Documents can be compiled into dvi, ps or pdf.'
>
> > The example LyX file points to documentation that doesn't actually exist.
> > There is no 'more information'.
> ...
>
> To fill this gap, there are a number of tutorials and docs on the WWW.
> The example file may rather point to, e.g.,
>
> http://frank.uvena.de/de/LaTeX/moderncv/ (German)
>
> http://www.surefoss.org/workflow/akademische-lebenslaufe-mit-latex-und-dem-moderncv-package/
> (German)
>
> http://www.linux-community.de/Internal/Artikel/Print-Artikel/LinuxUser/2012/09/Bewerbungen-erstellen-mit-der-LaTeX-Klasse-Modern-CV/
>
> (As to the original misleading title of this bug report: IMO support and
> documentation of commercial software (in general) is by no means better.
> Of course, whith widely used programs the chance to find a competent user
> nearby is higher the with "of the box" programs.
>
> Günter
>
>
>

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